| Lyrics: | Lyrics & Music by: Lynn Ahrens
Performed by: Lynn
Ahrens
Rockin'and rollin', splishin'and a-splashin',
Over the
horizon, what can it be?
The pilgrims sailed the sea
To find a place to call their
own.
In their ship, Mayflower,
They hoped to find a better home.
They finally
knocked
On Plymouth Rock
And someone said, "We're there."
It may not look like
home
But at this point I don't care.
Oh, they were missing Mother England,
They swore their loyalty until the very end.
Anything you say, King,
It's OK,
King,
You know it's kinda scary on your own.
Gonna build a new land
The way we
planned.
Could you help us run it till it's grown?
They planted corn, you know
They built their houses one by one,
And bit by bit they worked
Until the colonies
were done.
They looked around,
Yeah, up and down,
And someone said, "Hurray!"
If the king could only see us now
He would be proud of us today.
They knew
that now they'd run their own land,
But George the Third still vowed
He'd rule them to
the end.
Anything I say, do it my way now.
Anything I say, do it my way.
Don't
you get to feeling independent
'Cause I'm gonna force you to obey.
He taxed their
property,
He didn't give them any choice,
And back in England
He didn't give them
any voice.
(That's called taxation without representation,
And it's not fair!)
But
when the Colonies complained
The king said: "I don't care!"
He even has the nerve
To tax our cup of tea.
To put it kindly, King,
We really don't agree.
Gonna show you how we feel.
We're gonna dump this tea
And turn this harbor
into
The biggest cup of tea in history!
They wanted no more Mother England.
They knew the time had come
For them to take command.
It's very clear you're being
unfair, King,
No matter what you say, we won't obey.
Gonna hold a revolution now, King,
And we're gonna run it all our way
With no more kings ...
We're gonna elect
a president! (No more kings)
He's gonna do what the people want! (No more kings)
We're
gonna run things our way! (No more kings)
Nobody's gonna tell us what to do!
Rockin' and rollin', splishin'and a-splashing,
Over the horizon, what can it be?
Looks like it's going to be a free country.
(Applause |
